Nearly a month after the atomic bombing of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo, the capital of the Japanese Empire, was still struggling in a miserable purgatory at the end of June.

Due to the destructive power of the hydrogen bomb explosion, Tokyo's airports, railways and roads from Tokyo to Tokaido prefectures, and port facilities in Tokyo and Yokohama have not been repaired, and all land, sea, and air transportation between the imperial capital of Tokyo and the outside world has been cut off to this day.

At present, only the railway line from Fukushima and Ibaraki in Tohoku to Tokyo is barely open, but the almost paralyzed Imperial Government is unable to use this lifeline to mobilize relief supplies and organize the relief and reconstruction of Tokyo, and many other cabinet members such as the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy, the Prime Minister, and the Minister of Finance (Minister of Finance) were seriously injured or killed in the disaster without warning. The patriarch of Saionji Temple, who was highly regarded by the court and the opposition, was recuperating in a villa at the foot of Mt. Fuji at the time, and as a result, his bones were burned to the ground, and there was not even a handful of ashes left......

In a situation where the government is on the verge of collapse, those political parties and feudal lords who are usually intriguing and vying for power and profit are unwilling to come forward to take on such drudgery as disaster relief inside and outside - if they exert an iron fist and do their best to provide disaster relief, they will inevitably infringe on the property, power and interests of many people, and even if the disaster relief is successful, it will be a self-defeating future; If it is pretentious and perfunctory, it will arouse public resentment in the future, and it will definitely be thrown out to carry the black pot as a scapegoat.

Therefore, those political dignitaries who have survived the catastrophe and fled all over the country seem to have become clay puppets, pretending to be deaf and dumb or making empty comments about the current tragic situation in Tokyo. But he couldn't come up with any practical countermeasures, let alone practical action, for fear of being pushed out of the top tank. Abandon Li Minsheng's death. In the month of this month, only a small number of police and military officers have spontaneously joined in the work of moving bodies and clearing rubble. In addition, the Red Cross had to rely on the Red Cross to cook porridge on the rubble and provide a little shabby food for the destitute victims......

As for the cabinet and military headquarters that completely abandoned Tokyo and moved to Kyoto as a whole, they spent their energies attacking each other, completely ignoring the fact that the electricity and water supply in Tokyo had not yet been restored. Many citizens have not eaten for a week.

A Mercedes-Benz bulletproof sedan flying a black and red swastika is struggling to move through the rubble streets of Tokyo, a body smooth enough to act as a mirror. It is in stark contrast to the dilapidated scene around it.

Between the ruins on both sides of the street, wandering around the ragged, glazed eyes of Tokyo citizens, few of them cast their eyes on the limousine, which was out of step with the surrounding scenery. Just silently continued to search for everything that could be used in the rubble. At most, it was just a dispute over the ownership of a certain iron pot and a certain piece of clothing, and they scuffled and scolded.

In several of the temporary resettlement sites for refugees, there are yellow-skinned and dying victims. When the car passed by, children or women with children came to beg, and when the passengers of the car gave some coins to the woman holding the baby in front of them out of pity, they were immediately surrounded by the begging crowd and could not leave. Zuihou was rescued by the German embassy guards who were loaded with guns.

A journalist for the German newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung, and a Soviet spy Richard? Sorge. Sitting in the car of the German Embassy in Japan, I watched the scene from the window. He never imagined that one day he would see the city of Tokyo in ruins.

- "The government's Maju Town." Kanda, a scholar, a Chinese Akata, a junior clerk, a scholar, a scholar, and a university student...... Hongo, all of these achievements in the construction of oriental charm and Western civilization have been completely destroyed since the Meiji Restoration, and even the central government of Japan has been relocated, which is even more miserable than the last Great Kanto Earthquake.

The snow-capped cone-shaped Mount Futu in the west of the city, originally a symbol of the Japanese nation and a symbol of the sun goddess who sheltered her subjects, has now become a Pandora's box that destroys Tokyo, mercilessly descending on seven million Tokyoites from a horrific disaster that cannot be resisted by human beings.

In fact, what Sorge didn't expect was that if he hadn't left Tokyo just before that and went to the Kansai region to cover the Sasebo disaster and investigate the damage of the Japanese Navy by the way, it was difficult to say whether he would have died in the "Mt. Fuji Great Eruption".

All in all, the "Mt. Fuji Great Eruption" that is happening in the Kanto region today is just like the "Unknown Disaster" that happened in Sasebo before, and it is strange everywhere, and it doesn't look like a normal volcanic eruption...... But the tragic toll it inflicted on the Japanese Empire was real and unmistakable—the night's shock wave leveled many of the crowded Japanese-style towns, and the ensuing fires burned for three days and three nights. Hundreds of thousands of homes have been reduced to scorched rubble, millions have been left homeless and displaced, and the exact death toll has not yet been accurately counted.

The blow to Japan was undoubtedly devastating, especially for those who had experienced it firsthand. The shadow in their hearts will not be erased for a long time, and it will even become a nightmare that will never linger in their lives.

And the deadly plague that quickly appeared in Tokyo after the first wave of the catastrophe had passed, only to make this nightmare even more terrifying.

“…… Old man, this situation seems miserable enough! But I'll tell you, the scene in Tokyo isn't the worst. ”

Sorge's friend at the German embassy said casually while driving, "...... Tokyo's city center is almost 100 kilometers from Mt. Fuji, and although the buildings are now destroyed, most of the citizens have survived. As for the closer to Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka has been completely wiped off the face of the earth, Kofu is almost no longer alive, and even Chiba Prefecture has suffered heavy losses further afield......"

“…… Yes, this is a huge catastrophe that has engulfed half of Japan......" Sorge nodded in agreement, "...... First Sasebo, then Yokosuka, half of Japan's four naval garrisons were destroyed, and the Japanese fleet probably didn't have much left! ”

“…… Naval fleet? Who else in Tokyo can take care of them now? The citizens of Tokyo are on the verge of a revolution! ”

The German diplomat who was driving the car pursed his lips and said, "...... You've been staying in the west, and you probably didn't know about the riots that broke out in the Imperial Palace Square in Tokyo, when the mob occupied the Imperial Palace, and the Japanese sent out cavalry and armored vehicles to suppress it......"

After the mushroom clouds on Mt. Fuji completely dissipated and the fires in Tokyo's towns were extinguished, millions of Tokyo victims gathered around Imperial Palace Square, Hibiya Park, and Ueno Park. All of them were extremely tired, numb, hungry and cold, homeless, like headless flies, not knowing where to go, only muttering "It's all over!" It's all over! ”

Almost every hour, some people who are difficult to treat after burns die due to bacterial infection, and the stench of corpses is almost unpleasant, but few doctors are seen to treat them, and even the corpse collection team that drags a cart to burn the corpses is not organized, and then the "plague" spreads......

Under these circumstances, many of the survivors, like the walking dead, had to turn their eyes to the palace and the government, desperate for food, medicine, and tents...... Yet, at this critical juncture, the Imperial Government of Japan has shown astonishing incompetence and indifference – to the surprise of all, the Japanese government has done almost nothing at a time when people have been wiped out and millions of people are crying out for help from the rubble...... In particular, when radiation sickness, which was mistaken for the "plague," began to break out on a large scale among the victims, the Japanese government and the Imperial Family simply fled from the "epidemic zone" in Tokyo and relocated back to Kyoto, more than 500 kilometers away, leaving millions of Tokyo citizens to die among the rubble.

With no relief from the government and the disaster cutting off major transportation routes, the people of Tokyo soon fell into a famine. The rest of the rice shops were closed, and the price of each bag of white rice on the black market was inflated to a whopping 100 yen, and those who managed to escape the fire had to exchange the food for what they rescued from the fire, or they would not survive the next day. Many desperate parents try to sell their children, and many hungry young girls are willing to sacrifice their delicate bodies with just a rice ball......

In addition to this part of the passive, numb, desperate, resigned people, as well as some citizens who fled to the countryside on foot, other more actionable Tokyo citizens began to "do it themselves, have enough food and clothing", and went around looting food, clothes and even ordnance in the ruins...... With the royal family and government dignitaries long since they had already evacuated, the unresponsive Imperial Government was barely able to suppress it until three days later, when it had mobilized enough troops and mobilized tanks and cavalry.

The German diplomat in the car was obviously a bit of a rap, only to see him holding the steering wheel while chattering about the bloody brawl that had broken out inside and outside the palace, and it took a long time to ask Sorge about his next move - with the emergency withdrawal of the Japanese government, the German embassy was about to leave, and if Sorge wanted to stay in the disaster area in Tokyo to cover the news, they German diplomats could not accompany him.

“…… No, the things I interviewed today are enough, so I will go to Kyoto with you, so that I can grasp the news released by the Japanese government as soon as possible. Sorge shook his head and replied - in fact, he had planned to stay in Tokyo to survey the extent of the damage at the Yokosuka Naval Base, but was stopped by a strange secret order: "Return to Kyoto quickly, keep an eye on the situation in Osaka, but never enter the city of Osaka, remember!" ”

- I don't know Weishenme, Sorge was confused, but also had a vague premonition in his heart: the disaster in Japan seems to be far from over...... (To be continued......)